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Kiss Her Once For Me by Alison Cochrun

5 reviews

midnightmoon_dreamer's review

emotional funny medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

I really liked this book but a couple of things bugged me.

For example, the fact that Ellie is getting blamed for over reacting about Jack hiding her wife from her. Like it’s a pretty valid thing to over react about.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Sexual content, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Homophobia and Acephobia/Arophobia

ecn's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

You’re gonna get exactly what youd think from this book. Once I started reading this in the same way I used to read Sarah Dessen books in high school, I was able to enjoy it more. Obviously it’s full of poorly written or cheesy lines, shallow characters, and an overwhelming hallmark fairytale but it’s exactly that. Predictable and moderately entertaining. I’d you’re in the mood for a book like this, then you’ll love this

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Acephobia/Arophobia, Biphobia, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Grief, and Infidelity

skudiklier's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I didn't know almost anything about this book going in, and wow was I pleasantly surprised by the whole thing. I read almost the entire book in one sitting, because I couldn't put it down. The romance was perfect, and also it was weirdly and unintentionally relevant for me, as someone who just moved to Portland less than two months ago. I loved the bi rep, the anxiety rep, the demi rep, the nonbinary rep, the way they try (and fail) to not fall victim to unnecessary miscommunication as horribly as the straights always do in romances. (Also is it just me or is Ellie also autistic??? I both have anxiety and am autistic so sometimes it's hard for me to tell what social anxiety things are related to which haha. But idk she felt extremely autistic to me and I'm gonna say I also loved the (maybe unintentional) autistic rep as well.) This was a perfect book to start the year with, and I'd definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a lovely queer holiday romance.

Edit to add: I actually kind of forgot what The Charm Offensive was about, and now that I went back to look at my (5 star) review for that book, I'm even more convinced that Alison Cochrun is one of my new favorite romance authors. In both books, I was super sucked in and read them basically in one sitting. But even better, in both books I felt like even the parts of romances that I don't like (e.g., when they have a fight and break up near the end, usually over some miscommunication) were handled much better in these books than in most romance novels. Like, Cochrun clearly puts a lot of effort into making sure the relationships are as healthy and realistic as possible, while still giving us all the normal pieces of a romance and keeping the drama amped up. I'm just so impressed! And I can't wait for Cochrun's next book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Sexual content, Child abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, and Mental illness

Moderate: Cursing, Biphobia, Transphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Cancer, Stalking, Outing, Vomit, Acephobia/Arophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Murder, Grief, Homophobia, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Death, Racism, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

Toxic parents, cutting off family members

ree_the_owlgirl's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Biphobia

Moderate: Homophobia, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Ableism, and Alcohol

Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia, Classism, Drug use, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexism, and Transphobia

theoceanrose's review

emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Gaslighting, Homophobia, and Acephobia/Arophobia

Minor: Toxic relationship